Citations:Koreaboo

Noun: "(slang, often derogatory) a non–South Korean person who is obsessed with South Korean culture (especially K-pop or K-dramas)"

 * 2016, Jenn Do, "Baggage Claim", Aline, Spring 2016, page 25:
 * These “koreaboos” idealize my culture and cast me as a player in their K-drama fantasies, expecting me to look and act as such.
 * 2017, Hashir Aqeel, quoted in Sneha Joisha, "Take A Turn On The Friendship Lane", TJ Today (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Tech, Alexandria, Virginia), 22 November 2017, page 13:
 * Catie and Grace and Huda are kind of Koreaboos themselves.
 * 2018, Tiana Woodard, "Students discuss meaning of 'weeaboo' and 'koreaboo'", The Daily Texan, 2 May 2018, page 8:
 * Although the labels have negative connotations, some still emphasize that weeaboos and koreaboos make up only a small part of the West's East Asian pop culture fandoms.
 * 2018, Katherina O'Chee, "BTS is bigger than The Beatles", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Semester 2, Week 1 (2018), page 19:
 * 'Why do you listen to K-pop when you don't speak Korean?' is the recurrent question people ask with a frown. It's one that fails to recognise a double standard in music consumption, a presumption that Western pop is 'universal', listened to even by non-English speakers, while South Korean pop is is appealing only to Koreans and 'Koreaboos' (a term, often derogatory, used to describe non-Koreans obsessed with Korean culture).
 * 2018, Grace Vitaglione, "Seoul Searching", AWOL, Fall 2018 (American University), page 38:
 * The term "Koreaboo" is only really used by international people to point fingers at other international fans, which begs the question of whether Koreaboos are seen as a real problem by native Koreans.
 * 2018, Kira Le, "Monash Love Letter", Lot's Wife (Monash University), Edition 6 (2018), page 22:
 * From the thirsty LB's, to the Koreaboos waiting for their oppas, and the poor guys in Eng and IT who just want any female.
 * 2018, Chas Monroe, "On The Concept Of Being Black Enough", Infusion, Fall 2018, page 12:
 * A.J., biology major: In general there's kind of a stigma around K-pop so some people automatically think you're a koreaboo* and/or weeaboo* when you mention that you like it, like you can't be a fan of non-English things without being obsessed with it.
 * 2018, Julia Hedges, "Hopefully You've Learned Korean By Now", The New Journal (Yale University), December 2018, page 24:
 * I wanted to feel superior to the Kpop-obsessed koreaboos at camp who held up double Victory signs in all their pictures.
 * 2019, Sammy Park, "Guilt and diasporas", The Tufts Daily (Tufts University), 9 December 2019, page 9:
 * One of the most troubling is this question of whether I consume Korean culture in the same way as the white "koreaboos" who I so frequently make fun of.
 * 2020, "K-Drama actor Ji Soo joins Team Penshoppe", Manila Standard, 14 March 2020, page C3:
 * South Korean actor Ji Soo makes his way to capture the hearts of Filipino koreaboos as the newest member of Team Penshoppe.